2012: Top 10 movies of the year, by Matt Pais

6. "Looper" Rian Johnson followed the phenomenal "Brick" with the amusing but underwhelming "The Brothers Bloom." Good to see the filmmaker back with Joseph Gordon-Levitt for "Looper," which is exactly my kind of sci-fi. The time travel element only exists to serve a creative, accessible story about the power to change fate and the need to be loved. It's a movie that lets the mind and heart play together.

6. "Looper" Rian Johnson followed the phenomenal "Brick" with the amusing but underwhelming "The Brothers Bloom." Good to see the filmmaker back with Joseph Gordon-Levitt for "Looper," which is exactly my kind of sci-fi. The time travel element only exists to serve a creative, accessible story about the power to change fate and the need to be loved. It's a movie that lets the mind and heart play together. (Sony)

6. "Looper" Rian Johnson followed the phenomenal "Brick" with the amusing but underwhelming "The Brothers Bloom." Good to see the filmmaker back with Joseph Gordon-Levitt for "Looper," which is exactly my kind of sci-fi. The time travel element only exists to serve a creative, accessible story about the power to change fate and the need to be loved. It's a movie that lets the mind and heart play together.Sony